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hannahrickman.bsky.social

Infectious Diseases Dr / Wellcome Trust Clinical PhD fellow at LSHTM/MLW Tuberculosis, epi, equity, climate justice Otherwise, probably running in the mountains she/her

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Brilliant presentation by Verena Faehling & chairing by Liz Corbett - thanks so much all who joined for a great discussion 👏 eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join mailing list for future sessions.

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First TB Journal Club of 2025 meets this Thursday 20th at 4pm UK time 🕓 Liz Corbett & Verena Faehling @lshtm.bsky.social will be discussing shorturl.at/AGD8l Duong &al 2024 meta-analysis of VQUIN & TB-CHAMP RCTs of levofloxacin for #MDRTB contacts. Hope to see you there! #tbsky #tuberculosis

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Early data from @publichealthscot.bsky.social show that RSV vaccination (Pfizer ABRYSVO) in older adults aged 75-79 years was associated with 62% ⬇️ (95%CI 35-80%) in #RSV hospitalisation. 🦠🏥💉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👏 Vaccination commenced mid August 2024 & uptake was 68.6% by end of Nov 2024.

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Today is International Day of Women & Girls in Science. Marie Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize. Her contributions have left an indelible mark on the world of science & health & continue to inspire generations of scientists & innovators. 🔬 #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM

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A paper in Nature Medicine reports that participation in Brazil’s Bolsa Familia Program, one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world, was associated with large reductions in tuberculosis incidence and mortality among various groups. #Medsky 🧪

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Compelling analysis suggesting that M:F difference in TB rates driven by differences in rates of Mtb infection. Consistent with old (2000) analysis of genotypic clustering (PMID: 10654640). But why do zoonotic TB series often have flipped ratios? doi: 10.1093/infdis/jiae124

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New pre-print led by @hannahrickman.bsky.social tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 We meta-analysed ~half a million participants from #TB infection surveys. From adolescence, men have much higher risk of acquiring new TB infection than women. Probably due to social exposure and assortative mixing. #IDsky 🧪🦠🛟

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New preprint (with all pre-print caveats!) tinyurl.com/589ffhu4 on Mtb infection risk by sex & age. Men are at higher risk of #tuberculosis v women- but unclear how much driven by higher infection vs progression to disease. We meta-analysed Mtb immunoreactivity surveys to find out more🧵 #tbsky

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We had high hopes for an #IGRA platform overcoming barriers to use in high #tuberculosis burden settings. Unfortunately it didn't perform as expected, esp in young children #idsky #tbsky shorturl.at/dAcPD Great to work with a fantastic team at Malawi Liverpool Wellcome prog & @lshtm.bsky.social

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We urgently need a better, easier-to-use test for #TB infection. We evaluated the QIAreach test among 1049 children and adults in 🇲🇼 Unfortunately, performance was poor & can’t be recommended for use #TBsky #IDSky @hannahrickman.bsky.social doi.org/10.1128/jcm....

submitted 67 days ago • 2 comments

REMINDER - final TBJC of 2024 is tomorrow at 4pm UK time. Look forward to seeing you there! #tuberculosis #journalclub

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Huge huge congratulations to this amazing scientist & excellent human @rachaelburke.bsky.social 👏

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Read this amazing preprint today: ~2% (156M) of the world recently infected with #tb. Between 4.9%~7.7% have viable infection. But emphasises we need +++ data on Mtb infection @aschwalbc.bsky.social @kchorton.bsky.social @petedodd24.bsky.social @reinhouben.bsky.social @hannahrickman.bsky.social

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

Final TB Journal Club of 2024! Hope to see you there.

submitted 101 days ago • 0 comments

We host monthly online international journal clubs on the latest #tuberculosis literature. We welcome researchers, clinicians, and anyone else interested in #TB - eepurl.com/hO4D79 to join the mailing list & hear about future meetings.

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I made one for 'types of paper in epidemiology and public health' #EpiSky

submitted 101 days ago • 20 comments

1/📢 In our new PREPRINT - tinyurl.com/yc6kbay9 - we estimate that 156 million people globally carry a recent, viable M. tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and are at high risk of progressing to TB disease.

submitted 105 days ago • 6 comments

Here is a really nice report from BBC Scotland into our research. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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DYK in 1957, Glasgow, Scotland ran the largest ever screening campaign against #tuberculosis? 715,000 people (76% of entire adult population) were X-rayed over just 5 weeks! In a new study, we looked at the long-term impact of this campaign. journals.plos.org/plosmedicine... #episky #idsky 🧪🛟

submitted 114 days ago • 7 comments